Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Nostalgia, Electioneering with a splash of Iced Toddy
The very world surrounding us is a changing. For worse or for better, who knows? 8th October maybe the day the world shifts for some of us. Or it may simply just carry on the way it did for the past 30 years.
I've tried to blog about politics. Gave it a few tries, deleted, tried some more, delete, delete some more. To tell the truth I was just one (or two, three) step behind the fast changing phase of Maldivian political scenarios, so I just made do with discussing them with my friends and family.
So instead of discussing politics I have a spanking great idea of making a nostalgia list. A Nostalgia List, you say?
Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends -- Dictionary.com
So with the meaning aside. The list is a compilation of anything, anyone, anywhere that reminds of me the good old days. Others are most welcome to contribute.
* Remember those eyeliners we had that comes in a small tin. You rub a piece of rock (I don't know what it exactly is) on the solid eyeliner to turn bits into dust. Then you rub your fingers on the dust and line your eyes.
* The color pencil box that comes with a picture of a robot on the front. The robot had a 'TV' as a face.
* The plastic book bag with pictures of smiling fruits we carried for tuition.
* Majeedhuge. Majeedhu. (he can still invoke fear in me)
* Pencil Cases. Ones with Buttons!!!
* Bicycles. Riding them early in the morning.
* The sound of gun attacks on that eventful November day.
* Kao Shampoo!
* Phones at home. Real phones. Not mobile ones.
* Watching TVM. Only TVM
* Listening to Boduberu on radio early every morning.
* Waking up at 8:00am is considered sleeping in.
* Sleeping at 9:00pm is considered sleeping late.
* Iced Toddy
* Haunted school toilets
* Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
* UB40, Duran Duran, Aha, MJ, Madonna, Rob Stewart, Dire Straits, The Bangles, Bob Marley etc
* Hindi Movies
* Bad copy English Movies
* Itty bitty shorts for boys, Huge, scratchy princess style dresses for girls with alice bands.
Ok I'm gonna stop for now... If I remember more, I'll include them.
To top it off I'll just add these lines as a sign off and dedication to Maldivian Politics:
I will stop, I will stop at nothing.
Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote.
When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
Ha ha ha
Riot shields, voodoo economics,
it's just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F.
I trust I can rely on your vote.
"Electioneering" by Radiohead
I've tried to blog about politics. Gave it a few tries, deleted, tried some more, delete, delete some more. To tell the truth I was just one (or two, three) step behind the fast changing phase of Maldivian political scenarios, so I just made do with discussing them with my friends and family.
So instead of discussing politics I have a spanking great idea of making a nostalgia list. A Nostalgia List, you say?
Nostalgia: a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends -- Dictionary.com
So with the meaning aside. The list is a compilation of anything, anyone, anywhere that reminds of me the good old days. Others are most welcome to contribute.
* Remember those eyeliners we had that comes in a small tin. You rub a piece of rock (I don't know what it exactly is) on the solid eyeliner to turn bits into dust. Then you rub your fingers on the dust and line your eyes.
* The color pencil box that comes with a picture of a robot on the front. The robot had a 'TV' as a face.
* The plastic book bag with pictures of smiling fruits we carried for tuition.
* Majeedhuge. Majeedhu. (he can still invoke fear in me)
* Pencil Cases. Ones with Buttons!!!
* Bicycles. Riding them early in the morning.
* The sound of gun attacks on that eventful November day.
* Kao Shampoo!
* Phones at home. Real phones. Not mobile ones.
* Watching TVM. Only TVM
* Listening to Boduberu on radio early every morning.
* Waking up at 8:00am is considered sleeping in.
* Sleeping at 9:00pm is considered sleeping late.
* Iced Toddy
* Haunted school toilets
* Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
* UB40, Duran Duran, Aha, MJ, Madonna, Rob Stewart, Dire Straits, The Bangles, Bob Marley etc
* Hindi Movies
* Bad copy English Movies
* Itty bitty shorts for boys, Huge, scratchy princess style dresses for girls with alice bands.
Ok I'm gonna stop for now... If I remember more, I'll include them.
To top it off I'll just add these lines as a sign off and dedication to Maldivian Politics:
I will stop, I will stop at nothing.
Say the right things when electioneering
I trust I can rely on your vote.
When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
When I go forwards you go backwards
and somewhere we will meet.
Ha ha ha
Riot shields, voodoo economics,
it's just business, cattle prods and the I.M.F.
I trust I can rely on your vote.
"Electioneering" by Radiohead
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